Optical and Structural Characterization of Nickel Coatings for Solar Collector Receivers

Table 1

List of the investigated samples: (a) Wood bath and (b) Wood + Watts baths. f: sample front face; b: sample back face.

(a)

Sample	Thickness
	m
35 f	0.80
35 b	0.87
36 f	1.03
36 b	0.91
105 f	1.73
105 b	1.76
106 f	1.32
106 b	1.23
107 f	2.06
107 b	1.69
108 f	2.03
108 b	2.10
109 f	2.46
109 b	2.34
110 f	2.59
110 b	2.72
111 f	3.02
111 b	3.25
112 f	2.87
112 b	2.98

(b)

Sample	Thickness
	m
103 f	1.11
103 b	1.83
104 f	1.20
104 b	1.39
19 f	2.01
20 b	2.00
21 f	2.38
22 b	2.49
23 f	2.82
23 b	3.17
24 f	2.66
24 b	2.93
25 f	4.23
25 b	4.97
26 f	3.72
26 b	4.60
27 f	5.07
27 b	5.85
28 f	4.72
28 b	5.74
29 f	6.75
29 b	7.68
30 f	6.96
30 b	7.82
31 f	9.51
31 b	10.96
32 f	9.93
32 b	10.61
33 f	12.41
33 b	13.52
34 f	12.90
34 b	13.50